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As a very young child I lived near Woolwich Arsenal and so was evacuated. By the end of the war we were back home and as a 5 year old I was at St Augustine' infant school. One day at school an air-raid warning siren sent us scurrying to the large brick built shelter in the playground. A bomb went off nearby but we were not hurt. The school windows all fell in due to the blast. The mothers soon arrived in a state of great agitation. We were amazed that they were crying as we were quite safe. They used the shelter for storing PE equipment later on and I always hated being sent to fetch anything despite the electric light.

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